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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Erdogan Waiting To Pull A Rabbit Out Of His Hat For Assad
By James M Dorsey At first glance, there is little that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has in common with Dogu Perincek, a maverick socialist, Eurasianist, and militant secularist and Kemalist. Yet it is Perincek, a man with a world of contacts in...
In United States, Democrats Prospects Are Looking Up In November Polls
By Nick French This spring, the Democratic Party’s prospects in the coming midterm congressional elections looked extremely bleak. With high inflation squeezing wallets, President Joe Biden’s approval ratings at record lows, and most of the party’s national policy agenda apparently dead in the water, a Republican sweep...
Serena Williams Is A Legend In The History Of World Sports-Not Just Tennis
By Harihar Swarup Serena Jameka Williams, the world’s greatest tennis player, announced her retirement last week. An African American woman, Serena, along with her sister Venus, has dominated an essentially white sport—both in tennis of who played it and the audience that followed it. What kind of...
Those Who Committed Crime Against Humanity Have No Case For Remission
By Indira Jaising RAPE is considered an impact crime. An impact crime is one which is committed not just against the person for who she is but also because of her community identity; in this case a community of women, a community of minorities. The crime impacts...
Buoyant BJP Leadership Under Narendra Modi Preparing For 2024 Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strengthened himself in the last eight years, to such an extent in his party and outside that the gap in popularity between him and other probable prime ministerial aspirants comes no way closer to him. He is all set...
China On A Fast Track To Increase Its Strategic Hold In Indian Ocean Zone
By Anjan Roy China is tightening its grip and strategic strangle hold around India faster than perceived earlier. But, at the same time, Chinese move can bring about radical changes in security alignments in the Indian sub-continent. In its hurry to gain dominance over the...
Politics In Himachal And Gujarat Heating Up Before Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The 100 times hike in compensation for martyr’s kin by Gujarat from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore shows how much anxiety has gripped the ruling BJP just a few months ahead of Vidhan Sabha election in the home state of PM Narendra...
Kejriwal And Sisodia Challenging Narendra Modi In Gujarat Polls
By Sushil Kutty Delhi’s New York Times-accredited Education Minister Manish Sisodia is the latest cult figure to invade our minds. And whoever knew Manish Sisodia is a “kshatriya” kept the secret to himself, which was fine because now that we all know, we can look down at the...
Farmers’ Relaunching Their Struggle To Get Their MSP Demand Conceded
By Arun Srivastava The farmers are again on the battle path against the Narendra Modi Government as the centre did not fulfil its commitment given to the farmers leaders last year before withdrawal of the year long agitation. The farmers’ demonstrations in and around Delhi on Monday...
Withdrawal Of PDP Bill Points To Tech-Shy Government’s Weak Spot
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In a surprise move, the government on August 3 withdrew the much-awaited Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill from parliament. After it was introduced in Lok Sabha in December 2019, the PDP Bill was referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), which tabled the bill...
